Postgame Notes: Mercer 75, Tennessee 67

March 20, 2013

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TENNESSEE TIDBITS

END OF AN ERA

Four players took part in their final games as Vols against Mercer, Kenny Hall, Skylar McBee, Dwight Miller and Rob Murphy.
In their final games as Vols, McBee and Kenny Hall left Thompson-Boling Arena tallying three and two points respectively.
McBee walked-on for the Vols during his freshman season and finished his career with 161 3-pointers made, 10th all-time.
McBee also played in 131 career games on Rocky Top, third most among any Tennessee men's basketball players while Hall represented the Vols in 116 games.
During their careers, the Vols are 53-17 (.757) in home games

SWEET SIXTEEN FOR STOKES

With 14 points and 13 rebounds, Jarnell Stokes recorded his 16th double-double of the season, the most since Bernard King had 19 in 1976-77.
His 16th double-double is the most by an SEC player this season passing LSU's Johnny O'Bryant who also had 15 in 2012-13.
The sophomore's 12 offensive rebounds were the most of his career (8) and the most by a Vol since
Tennessee started keeping offensive rebounds in 2001-02 season besting Jeronne Maymon's 10 against Ole Miss in the SEC tournament last season on March 9, 2012.

MOVIN' ON UP

With his 13 rebounds tonight, Jarnell Stokes jumped up to eighth on the single season rebounding list with 318 rebounds this season in 32 games.
Stokes passed Bernard King (308, 1974-75) early in the first half later passing Rob Jones (317, 1984-85) with his final rebound of the game.

THREEVUS FOR CHIEVOUS

Quinton Chievous recorded his first multi-3-pointer game draining his fifth and sixth 3-pointers of season early in the first half.
Chievous finished the game with seven points, giving him 24 points in the last four games. He recorded just 32 points first 18 games of season

GOLDEN 20s

For the 19th time this season, Trae Golden notched double-digit points tallying 20 against the Bears.
His 20 points also marked the sixth time this season that he has hit that threshold, and 12th time in his career.
The Vols were 15-3 entering the game when Golden tallied over 10 points.

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